A Really Cool Gift!

I'm a high school Chemistry teacher. This year I received an incredibly cool gift from one of my students. I recently decided to bring in my Hog Island Boa to share our classroom. She has been great with my students, and for those brave enough, has tolerated handling very well. So for Christmas one of my students made a figurine of me handling the boa. It's amazing how accurate she created the figurine in that when you hold the boa, she crawls all over you. Without further adieu... here it is:

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By far the best Christmas gift I've ever gotten from a student!

LOL! That is awesome, it really does capture the way bigger snakes are everywhere at once! Very creative...hope she gets an A :P

Awsome gift......at least you know you're getting through to some students!!!! Thanks for being a teacher...........

thats way cool.

Very cool! I wish my chemistry teacher brought snakes to class!

Way cool, :D

lol. That is quite cute..

Now you just need to get a photo, of you to match it.. wearing the white and blue, and holding the snake to match it as best you can... and post them side by side .. LOL

Deff awesome. Its always great when people do anything to promote the hobby in a positive way.

Thanks everyone! I've converted many students to snake keepers/reptile lovers in my 10 years of teaching. My classroom is a zoo! I've sold bearded dragons that I bred for a very small fee, if the students did some research and wrote me a paper on their care. I raffled a young male het albino ball python I received in a deal (and didn't need), with complete set up for free, to the student that passed a "Ball Python Care Test" with the best score. The kids have also rescued dozens of rats I bred that were destined for the snakes dinner table.

It's pretty cool in that I teach at the high school I graduated from, in the very same classroom I had Biology and was inspired to become a teacher. My Bio teacher had several animals and aquaria (including breeding Rosy Boas), and I've followed in his footsteps. Here goes a few of my other classroom inhabitants:

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WOW. I thought my science teacher was cool with 2 Large oscars. but your classroom is legit, you have an awesome job. hope ur calico is doing great. :( LOL JK

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Originally Posted by LOSTCOAST_BALLZ

WOW. I thought my science teacher was cool with 2 Large oscars. but your classroom is legit, you have an awesome job. hope ur calico is doing great. :( LOL JK

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He is! :P He just passed the 200 gram mark. If he keeps eating and growing at this pace, I might throw him with a girl late in the season. Sorry again to swoop him away from you. However I have no doubt that you're going to find something very nice at the Pomona show.

It is great that you are able to teach the students about reptiles. So many people have a phobia of snakes, but really just know nothing about them. I wish some of my teachers in school would have had animals like yours in their class rooms.

my teachers all sucked! why couldn't i have had you!!!!

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Originally Posted by dembonez

my teachers all sucked! why couldn't i have had you!!!!

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Seriously!!! I don't think any of my teachers had pets, definitely not reptiles!

That's really awesome you do all those things in your class. Kids definitely need that!

The world needs more teachers like you. :)

Wow! That's awesome! Like others have said, more teachers need the dedication and passion that you have.:bow: